The Chinese Diaspora: Space, Place, Mobility, and Identity / Edition 1

by Laurence J. C. Ma University of Akron, Carolyn Cartier, Carolyn L. Cartier, Sen-dou Chang, C. Cindy Fan University of California, Los Angeles

Overview

In this first book to explore the Chinese diaspora from geographical perspectives, leading scholars in the field consider the profound importance of meanings of place and the spatial processes of mobility and settlement for the Chinese overseas. They trace the Chinese diaspora everywhere it has become a significant force, from Southeast Asia to Oceania, North America, Latin America, and Europe. Providing an important historical perspective, the contributors analyze the sharp differences between sojourning Chinese prior to the 1960s and the transnational Chinese of the current era, especially in terms of spatial distribution, mobility, economic status, occupational structure, and identity formation. Anyone interested in the powerful phenomenon of Chinese migration will find this comprehensive work an invaluable resource.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780742517561
Publisher:	Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
Publication date:	12/17/2002
Series:	Why of Where
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	400
Product dimensions:	5.76(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.92(d)

About the Author

Laurence J. C. Ma is professor emeritus of geography at the University of Akron. Carolyn L. Cartier is associate professor of geography at the University of Southern California.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Space, Place, and Transnationalism in the Chinese Diaspora
Chapter 2 The Chinese Diaspora or the Migration of Chinese Peoples?
Part 3 PART I: HISTORICAL AND CONTEMPORARY DIASPORAS
Chapter 4 Diaspora and Social Restructuring in Postcolonial Malaysia
Chapter 5 Exclusion and Embeddedness: the Chinese in Thailand and Vietnam
Chapter 6 A Diaspora of Chinese Settlement in Latin America and the Caribbean
Part 7 PART II: HONG KONG AND TAIWAN AS DIASPORIC HOMELANDS
Chapter 8 Indentity, Mobility, and the Making of the Chinese Diasporic Landscape in Hong Kong
Chapter 9 Who Are the Taiwanese? Taiwan in the Chinese Diaspora
Part 10 PART III: ETHNICITY, IDENTITY, AND DIASPORA AS HOME
Chapter 11 Nation, Ethnicity, and Identity: Singapore and the Dynamics and Discourses of Chinese Migration
Chapter 12 Ethnic Identity and Business Solidarity: Chinese Capitalism Revisited
Chapter 13 Notions of Home among Diaspora Chinese in Germany
Part 14 PART IV: MIGRATION AND SETTLEMENTS IN NORTH AMERICA
Chapter 15 Chinese Americans: Immigration, Settlement, and Social Geography
Chapter 16 Community as Catalyst: The Chinese in Honolulu
Chapter 17 From Downtown Slums to Suburban Malls: Chinese Migration and Settlement in Canada
Part 18 PART V: TRANSMIGRANTS IN OCEANIA
Chapter 19 Chinese Immingrants and Transnationals in New Zealand: A Fortress Opened
Chapter 20 New Middle-Class Chinese Settlers in Australia and the Spatial Transformation of Settlement in Sydney
Part 22 Conclusion: Regions of Diaspora

Editorial Reviews

Offers an extensive and thought-provoking exploration of the Chinese diaspora and of what it is to be 'Chinese' across a wide range of situations and locations.

The China Journal

This welcome collection of essays puts the focus in migration where it naturally lies—on geography. The editors argue persuasively that geography has been given short shrift in discussions of migration, even though this field of knowledge is at the heart of migration.

Pacific Affairs

A must-read for people who are interested in the current debates on immigration and transnationalism....The book not only provides a wealth of information on the Chinese diasporic population around the world but also forcefully interjects a geographical perspective into the center of the theoretical discussion of transnationalism.

The Geographical Review - Yu Zhou

This book provides an excellent overview by comprehensively discussing the historical and contemporary Chinese diasporas across the globe. The book makes an important and timely contribution to the study of Chinese diasporas from a geographical perspective. It is a valuable reference for social scientists, a potential course textbook, and a good resource for anyone interested in globalization, transnationalism, and the Chinese diaspora.

Professional Geographer

This is an important and valuable reference volume. There is no book that covers the Chinese diaspora as comprehensively as this one.

Yue-man Yeung

This book contributes to research on Chinese who are living outside China....[The] authors...contribute meaty and thoughtful essays that touch on the varied nature of receiving areas....The amply demonstrated multiplicity of experience does, indeed, produce 'tangled geographies,' providing intriguing material for continued examinations well fuelled by the work of this volume's authors.

Economic Geography - Susan M. Walcott

This excellent work examines the international communities of ethnic Chinese who are frequently known collectively as the "Overseas Chinese".. .. Notable for fresh, thorough, and vibrant essays. The articles are well documented and suitable to support academic research, but their content and prose are such that this book will be valuable to anyone interested in the Overseas Chinese or in international migration. It will likely become a classic of Chinese migration and population studies.

Choice Reviews

[A] thoroughly useful collection, a comprehensive and cohesive book.

The Canadian Geographer - David Lay

This excellent work examines the international communities of ethnic Chinese who are frequently known collectively as the "Overseas Chinese".. .. Notable for fresh, thorough, and vibrant essays. The articles are well documented and suitable to support academic research, but their content and prose are such that this book will be valuable to anyone interested in the Overseas Chinese or in international migration. It will likely become a classic of Chinese migration and population studies.

Choice

This excellent work examines the international communities of ethnic Chinese who are frequently known collectively as the "Overseas Chinese".. .. Notable for fresh, thorough, and vibrant essays. The articles are well documented and suitable to support academic research, but their content and prose are such that this book will be valuable to anyone interested in the Overseas Chinese or in international migration. It will likely become a classic of Chinese migration and population studies.

CHOICE

A must-read for people who are interested in the current debates on immigration and transnationalism....The book not only provides a wealth of information on the Chinese diasporic population around the world but also forcefully interjects a geographical perspective into the center of the theoretical discussion of transnationalism.--Yu Zhou "The Geographical Review "

This book contributes to research on Chinese who are living outside China....[The] authors...contribute meaty and thoughtful essays that touch on the varied nature of receiving areas....The amply demonstrated multiplicity of experience does, indeed, produce 'tangled geographies, ' providing intriguing material for continued examinations well fuelled by the work of this volume's authors.--Susan M. Walcott "Economic Geography "

[A] thoroughly useful collection, a comprehensive and cohesive book.--David Lay "The Canadian Geographer "

From the Publisher

This book contributes to research on Chinese who are living outside China....[The] authors...contribute meaty and thoughtful essays that touch on the varied nature of receiving areas....The amply demonstrated multiplicity of experience does, indeed, produce 'tangled geographies,' providing intriguing material for continued examinations well fuelled by the work of this volume's authors.
— Susan M. Walcott

Economic Geography

A must-read for people who are interested in the current debates on immigration and transnationalism....The book not only provides a wealth of information on the Chinese diasporic population around the world but also forcefully interjects a geographical perspective into the center of the theoretical discussion of transnationalism.
— Yu Zhou

The Geographical Review

[A] thoroughly useful collection, a comprehensive and cohesive book.
— David Lay

The Canadian Geographer